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Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and the description of its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. By Captn. J.G. Stedman. Illustrated with 80 elegant engravings, designed from nature, by the author

by: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797

Publication date: 1796

Topics: Slavery, Natural history, Indians of South America, Imprint 1796

Publisher: London : Printed by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

Volume: 1

Engraved title pages, with vignettes

Many of the plates engraved by William Blake while he was apprenticed to Basire (see Abbey); others by Bartolozzi, Thomas Conder, Thomas Holloway, Inigo Barlow, Perry, Benedetti, and A. Smith, all after Stedman. Includes v. 1 frontispiece and 80 numbered plates

Indexes and errata at the end of each volume

List of subscribers: v. 1, p. [vii]-[xiv]

Pagination: v. 1: [2], xviii, 14, 11*-14*, 15-30, 29*-30*, 31-276, 275*-276*, 277-407, [9] p., [1], 40 leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], iv, 404, [8] p., plates 41-80

Signatures: v. 1: a-b⁴ c² B⁴ C⁶ D⁴ E⁴ (E3+E3*) F-2M⁴ 2N⁴ (2n2+2n2*) 2O-3G⁴; v. 2: pi1 b² B-3E⁴ 3F² 3G⁴ (3G4 verso blank)

Errata: v. 1, p. [8] at the end; v. 2, p. [7] at the end

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana

Sabin

Goldsmiths' Lib. cat

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary leather